Tuesday, February 22, 2011

March Release For Battle Network Official Complete Works

Lately, there's been some confusion in regards to the North American release date for UDON's Mega Man Battle Network Official Complete Works. Some sources say the art book won't be out until July, while others say it already released this past week. To shed some light on the situation, UDON has come forth with some official news.

The Mega Man Network has confirmed with UDON managing editor Matt Moylan that the book will release in March. Comic book stores will have it in stock on March 9th. Online? Well, dates have always been less precise on that front. If the past is any indication, online retailers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble usually ship their UDON books out a few days afterwords.

So, no need to fret about that July release in the slightest. Just a few more weeks, folks. Hang tight and do look forward to the inevitable flood of preview pages!

^No a Complete Works does not signify the end of a series! Example- Classic MegaMan Complete works has nothing of 9 & 10 in it yeat they came out.Also didn't Inafune mention before he lest Capcom that Legends 3 was the last one anyway!?

Bah, one article about Battle Network, and this time it's a holier-than-thou Legends fan that comes in to take a shot. Can't go one article without some wisecracking guy taking a shot at the series.

Anyways, to all of the people mentioning that Classic had a Complete Works yet MM9 and MM10 were created afterwards... One should note that the Classic OCW was only created for the 20th anniversary, at least in Japan.

Is it an indication of the end of a series? Perhaps. But this is Classic we're talking about. It's completely different from all of the other series - it's really the only series set up in a way that Capcom could easily milk Classic and its fans forever if they so wanted.

The Zero series got an Official Complete Works. The series has ended.

The Star Force series got an Official Complete Works, even though Star Force 3 never officially stated that the series was over. All signs are pointing to the series being over regardless, when considering its relative unpopularity, and that Capcom is far more likely to start a new Network Timeline series on the 3DS instead.

Battle Network got an OCW after the release of Operate Shooting Star. The series had already officially ended about four years prior anyways.

@Megamem, Volnutt, anon#8: We did get a complete works for legends, it just wasn't called "complete works". Does "Capcom Special Selection" ring any bells? Remember, the Dash 2 Art Book and mini CD soundtrack? Also, Legends is getting a sequel, and yet that's not considered getting its due? A localized release of Megamix & Gigamix, an American made comic book adaptation, and a tribute artbook don't count as "good Megaman stuff"? Explain those things to me and then I'll find your complaints believable.

*facepalm* Cut it out please, Legends fanboys. I want a Legends Complete Works too, but that's not a reason to start bashing EXE and Starforce. They weren't terrible games just because they were different from the original formula despite what some of you seem to think. :D

And I'm glad there's finally a set release date because the constant delays are getting on my nerves. >_>

Why am I not surprised that the fanbrats only posted here just to bash on EXE and SSR?

Oh wait, this IS the North American Megaman fanbase..... -__-;

While I do look forward to this Complete Works, I'm holding more onto the wait for the Shooting Star Complete Works. Most of the artwork I wanted to see in the EXE one (GAR Netto, EXE Phantom artwork, etc.) I've found scans of a while back.

Plus, it'd be nice to find the SSR one for a price that isn't in the $50s. >_>

Everyone has their own opioions, that's what people are. Even facts are opioions. The fact that it's the NA MegaMan fanbase's fault MegaMan franchise may or may not be failing, an opioion. Facts are still opioions.

So some people don't like Battle Network or Star Force, they're still human beings and they are entitled to their own opioion. Trolling? A sign of people violently showing their own opioions on things that they may or may not like.

In my honest opioion, the NA MegaMan fanbase shouldn't be treated like garbage.

I'm going to place an order for this book, along with a copy of Mega Man X: Complete Works & Darkstalkers: Tribute.

I played and loved the first three Battle Network games, but I never had the chance to check out the others. I'm hoping that Capcom will release all six games (as a collection) on the upcoming Nintendo 3DS.

I'm not sure if the Legends fans are even remotely aware of this yet, but with Legends 3 being on the 3DS, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to theorize that the success of Legends 3 may ultimately boil down to whether or not members of the EXE/SSR fanbases decide to jump on board.

I'd be freaking careful about trolling EXE/SSR-related articles if I were a Legends fan. This goes double for the Japanese side, in which admittedly, I have no idea what's going on over there.

Funny thing about it all. Every Japanese board I've been to for a Rockman community is the opposite than an NA board.

When I keep saying that NA Megaman fans majority are stupid, I'm not saying it to troll. It's places like here that prove my point on so many levels.

Hell, with the EXE-SSR case, a new SSR is the biggest demand over there. Especially one for 3DS. I kid you not.

Heck, notice how the Network-Star games were best sellers in Japan, yet all the other stuff tends to be decent sales. (excluding EXE OSS, which had a bad release time, btw, being overshadowed by a few big names)

I just find it funny how Legends fans are now joining the EXE-SSR hate bandwagon, when the Dash games were in the hate-dom as well for the past 10 or so years.So yeah, Legends fans... Shut the fuck up.

Well said. *claps* So the Japanese fanbase really likes their Rockman.EXE/Starforce? I guess that's why they're the only two series with any kind of animated version aside from a bit of Classic... ;P

People here are really giving off a "They Changed It, Now It Sucks" vibe, and maybe that would hold water if the games actually were bad, but they aren't. A little on the repetitive side, sure, but not more so than, say, Megaman Classic. I never got a chance to play the StarForce games on the DS, but I liked the Rockman.EXE series and, hey, it's what got me into Megaman in general, and I find that to be a good thing~

I wonder how many of you that bash the EXE/SF series have actually helped out with creating your precious Legends 3 game...?

Say, Amir. You seem to know quite a bit about the Japanese community. Would you recommend any sites that I can browse through to get a feeling of what the Japanese general Rockman community is like?

If there's one thing I hated this past year, it's that just about everyone on the English side of the MvC3 hype train was running completely blind, regarding the activities of the Japanese side. This was made especially apparent during TGS and Jump Festa.

(It's also the reason why that Tokirisan twitter trolling fraud managed to effectively use the language barrier to spread lies among the English side of the hype train - but that's another topic for another day.)

I have a feeling that the Japanese side knew that no Rockman incarnations were in MvC3 long before we did...